NIH trial finds mobile units cut deaths by 71%

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:39:23 -0500

The National Institutes of Health on Wednesday reported that an NIH-funded clinical trial found mobile medical units reduced all-cause deaths by 71% among adults at risk for HIV who also inject drugs.

The units delivered integrated HIV and substance use disorder services with peer navigation. Participants who received those services had fewer deaths than participants who received peer navigation to community-based services alone. Scientists found no difference between the groups in use of daily, oral preexposure prophylaxis, known as PrEP, or medication for opioid use disorder, known as MOUD, but the lower death rate was significant.

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NIH trial finds mobile units cut deaths by 71%